Tax Cut Rejection Predicted by Senate Leaders
Senate Finance Committee rejected a proposed income tax cut 9-6. Byrd says the real fight comes in conference with the House over extending corporation taxes and excise rates. Eisenhower opposes tax cuts amid deficits as leaders plan a party struggle in the Senate.
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Senate
Finance Committee
Sen
Byrd
D-Va
House
Len Millikin
R-Cole
Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury
Horse
Sen. George
Georgia
Ocrat
Co.orge
Communists Swamped by Nehru in Andhra State Polls
In Andhra state, Nehru’s Congress and allies trounced Communist nominees in early results. Unofficial tallies show 38 United Front wins, 4 PSP seats, 8 independents out of 12 decided. counting continues over several days. Andhra’s 21 million voters held a multi day election, with issues on land reform and social policy driving the contest.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Congress Party
Andhra
United Front
Red
Praja (People’s) Socialist Party
PSP
Ano
Congress
New York Man Nabbed On Another Charge In Yarrow Case
William Patrick Farrell 25, already under sex complaint, is charged with the rape slaying of NYU coed Ann Yarrow. He was booked on homicide after 12 hours of questioning and sent for mental examination at Bellevue. Detectives tied him to the slaying after a rape and robbery incident at Irene Miller's East 3rd Street apartment.
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New York
New York University
Ann Yarrow
Guilford College
North Carolina
NYU
William Patrick Farrell
Bellevue Hospital
Farrell
Marilyn
Angelo
Mike) Morelli
Morelli
Miss Yarrow
East Side
Irene Miller
East 3Rd Street
Asst. Dist. Atty
Lower East Side
Sullivan
John Barrow
Elizabeth City
N.C
Robert William Jordan
Jordan
Malcolm Paul
Paul
Walter Cohoon
John McMullan
Herbert Small
Audrey M. Brickhouse
Edward Zimmerman
Joseph Parrish
Alex Johnson
Martin County
Pasquotank
Gates
Clarence Owens
Senator George warns on potential Formosa crisis
Washington reports Sen. George chair of the Foreign Relations Committee warns danger of war in the Far East stems from possible Chinese Communist aggression and a Soviet veto risk. He notes talks with Peiping over Americans detained and hopes for more releases as negotiations continue separate from UN efforts for airmen. The expected briefing to Dulles and Chiang Kai-shek follows.
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Sen
George
D-Ge
Far East
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Formosa
Red China
State Department
Geneva
Peiping
Henry Suydam
Red Chinese
Suydam
United Nations
U.S
U.N
Korea
Sen. George
Dulles
Foreign Relations Committee
Pacific
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
United States
Big Shot Postponed Amid Weather Delay at Yucca Flat
LAS VEGAS Nevada Atomic Energy Commission scientists postponed the big shot scheduled before dawn citing weather conditions. A weather evaluation session is planned tomorrow to decide if the detonation will be rescheduled for Friday morning. The previous test yesterday occurred under near perfect weather, with a blast seen across five states.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Yucca Flat
AP Wins Polk Award for McCarthy Reporting
The Associated Press received Long Island University’s George Polk Memorial Award for wire service reporting. A 13 part series on Senator McCarthy ran from April, covering his personality, background and controversies with objective, factual journalism.
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Associated Press Today
Long Island University
George Polk Memorial
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Alan J. Gould
Don Whitehead
Saul Pett
Bem Price Belman Morin
Jack Bell
McCarthy
LIU Department of Journalism
CBS
Jane
Prisons Measure Favored and Roads Bill Mixed in North Carolina
The House Penal Institutions committee backed a bill to grant the prisons director more authority and independence from the Highway Department and urged a feasibility study on separating costs. The Roads Committee approved a color tag license bill while killing a speeders penalty measure that would suspend licenses for high speed in restricted zones.
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Raleigh
House Committee On Penal Institutions
Joint Committee On Penal Institutions
House Roads Committee
F. Wayland Floyd
Robeson
Motor Vehicles Department
Ed O'Herron
Mecklenburg
House Roads
Senator Fulbright criticizes emphasis on Chinese menace
Senator Fulbright of Arkansas says the administration overemphasizes the Red Chinese menace. He told a newsman that China will not become a power potential until it is industrialized.
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Chicago
Sen. Fulbright
D-Ark
China
Flight Through Atomic Cloud Described by Reporter
Las Vegas report details five observers on an Air Force flight through an atomic cloud. They describe awe at the towering mushroom cloud, concern over radioactivity, and admiration for the pilots and scientists collecting data on cloud structure and radiation.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Air Force
Radiological Laboratory
Nevada
Pacific
Cambodia King Sihanouk Abdicates in Surprise Move
Paris dispatch from the French News Agency reports that 33 year old King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated the throne of Cambodia, passing sovereign power to his father Prince Suramarit. The Foreign Ministry had no further information beyond the agency. The king’s plebiscite victory a month earlier followed claims that independence was won by Son Ngoc Thanh rather than his rule.
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Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Prince Suramarit
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Phnom Penh
Bangkok
Manila
Suramarit
France
Sihanouk
Son Ngoc Thanh
Eisenhower Questions Future Political Plans at News Conference
President Eisenhower questions the idea of strong political bosses from labor's AFL CIO merger and answers about a possible 1956 run. He says reporters may have a year's moratorium for a public run decision and notes a private talk with Vice President Nixon. He supports a four year House term and favors San Francisco for the 1956 GOP convention. He also denies attendee certainty about his own 1956 convention participation.
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Eisenhower
Labor
AFL
CIO
Nixon
Gfe
Nhower
Congress
San Francisco
Chicago
White House
Eisenhower says lead in hydrogen weapons may not last
President Eisenhower said the Western world has a great lead in hydrogen and atomic weapons but refused to speculate how long it might last. He noted uncertainty about Russia's future capabilities and declined to discuss reelection timing or Nixon messaging.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Churchill
United States
Soviet Union
Sen. Goldwater
Rariz
Nixon
San Francisco
United States Faces Decline in Cold War Supremacy
Washington reports that the U S can stay ahead of the Soviet Union for about three to four years more in military might. After 1959 the balance could tilt, giving Russia potential diplomatic leverage and a threat to seize border states with hydrogen bomb capabilities. Churchill notes Soviet boasts amid evolving power dynamics.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Churchill
House of Commons
Vv. M. Molotov
Court Will Decide Fate Of Olson
An eight member general court martial at Fort Bragg decides Olson’s fate on seven specifications alleging aid to Chinese captors in Korea. Testimony came from 31 prosecution and 29 defense witnesses with possible penalties up to death, though guilt on a lesser discredit charge remains possible.
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N.C
M. Set
William H. Olson
Korea
Paul Durbin
Durbin
Olson
Cc Y
Tae Regan Ville
Lumberton
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